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La Bodeguita
Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre,
London SE1 6TE 
0870 011 3810 Latin American Colombian 7 days £20-£30
Latin American Columbian restaurant specialising in authentic Latin American and in particular Colombian cuisine.
Review La Bodeguita40 The Broadway
Mill Hill NW7 020 8906 3494 Fish Mon-Sat £10-£20
The finest fresh fish in London served in a relaxed atmosphere. This is a family run restaurant that has a long reputation of quality and refinement.
Review La Carpa D'oroBest Western Raglan Hall Hotel,
8-12 Queens Avenue,
Muswell Hill,
London, N10 3NR 0208 8839836 Italian Mon-Sat £30-£50
Introducing new La Casalinga Italian Restaurant at Best Western Raglan Hall Hotel. La Casalinga is situated in an elegant, quiet tree lined avenue in north London, within a residential area with secluded landscaped gardens and private patio with excellent access to the major road and rail networks. The warm and welcoming atmosphere is enhanced by our carefully selected staff who provide a service that is friendly and relaxed, but always attentive and discreet. Whether your visit is for business or pleasure, we will always endeavour to ensure that you feel as comfortable and relaxed as you would in your own home.
Review La Casalinga 56 Paddington Street
Marylebone
London W1U 4HY 020 7935 1554 French 7 days £10-£20
Creperie & Restaurant
Specialising in Galettes (savoury buckwheat pancakes) Hors d'oeuvres, salads & sweet crepes.
Serves Breton Cider & freshly squeezed juices as well as French wine.
Open kitchen, great atmosphere, friendly staff and excellent fresh food.
Review La Galette150 battersea high Street SW11 3JR 02072237415 Coffeeshop Mon-Sat £10-£20
La galleria of Jack Hall opened in 1999 is a Family run ( 2 sisters 1 brother) Coffee shop in the morning Restaurant in the Evening. (recently opened in the evenings)
Our Restaurant coffee shop seat about 30 people "Fully Licensed and very equipped in Spirit and wine though a very small business.
We offer a two course Dinner for £9.95 all food is freshly prepared and cooked to order.
A warm and inviting atmosphere, to give a Friendly and efficient Service and above all to serve fresh, SIMPLE MEALS with flavour especially our Home made Girasoli pasta.
Our Philosophy: WE don’t make fancy cuisine or oil painting in plates; we make food to be eaten for its quality and flavour with an original Italian cuisine.
Review La Galleria14 Hollywood Road SW10 9HY 02073528305 European 7 days £10-£20
La Grenadine offers fresh food from modern-Europe cuisine, a high standard as well as offering
substantial portions. Perfect for snuggling up on a frosty winter’s day, our restaurant’s cooling subterranean location means that it’s also not at all unpleasant or overly hot on a balmy summer’s evening. Eating surrounded by warm colors and its atmosphere is a fantastically intimate experience and one not widely available. Seize the opportunity while you can.
Review La Grenadine
La Peche Not yet reviewed 
12-14 Glentworth Street
London NW1 5PG 0207 935 0212 French Mon-Sat £10-£20
Modern French Cuisine, Fish & Seafood Restaurant just 2 minutes walk from Baker St Tube, and less than 5 minutes walk from Madame Tussauds and the London Planetarium. Excellent ambiance, 3 different dining areas, original artworks on display to aid the mood. Book on-line using their website or just phone.
Review La Peche123 Uxbridge Rd
London W.13 9BD W.13 9BD 020 8579 9992 Indian 7 days £10-£20
Open all day Sundays for Buffet
Review Laguna Tandoori Restaurant2 Umberston St E1 020 7488 2551 Indian Mon-Sat £10-£20
Well known for its food, but nothing else. Extremely basic décor and service, but great curry.
Review Lahore Kebab House2 Station Parade
Balham High Road
London SW12 9AZ 020 8675 2233 Modern British 24 Hours £30-£50
This Modern British Restaurant in up and coming Balham uses carefully sourced produce to create fantastic dishes. excellent winelist covers most styles with a few testing numbers to stretch the imagination. relaxed yet competent service completes a fantastic experience for all who visit
Review Lamberts Restaurant55 Cleveland street W1t 4JL 02074361464 Moroccan/Lebanese Mon-Sat £10-£20
We are open from 11:30am till 11:00pm Monday to Friday & saturday from 5:30pm till 11:00pm. closed on Sundays.
Review lamenaraStratton Street
London W1 5FD 0171 491 8822 Modern British 7 days £30-£50
Famed Eaterie serving English Comfort Food.
Review Langan's Brasserie21 Berners Street
W1T 3LP 020 7323 9123 Italian 24 Hours £30-£50
Latium offers adventurous Italian cuisine, in simple modern surroundings. It's opposite the Sanderson Hotel, but thankfully has none of the Sanderson's snobbish exclusivity or rubbish service (although the Sommelier came across as a little bit arrogant). The food is generally superb, take a look at their website for a sample menu. At £25 for three courses, it doesn't break the bank either, although as ever with fancy restaurants, the extras (water, serice, etc) all add up to put it at the lower end of the £30-£50 bracket. The interior is a little bit too simple and stark: lots of modernist restaurant interiors come across as a bit cold and impersonal, and this is no exception. Despite this, I'd recommend it for the excellent food.
Review Latium5 Trebeck Street, London W1Y 7RH 020 7499 3292 French 7 days £20-£30
Informal, frensch cuisine, good wine selection
Review Le Boudin Blanc28 Wellington Street, Covent Garden, London WC2E 7BD ? French 7 Days £20-£30
Classic pre-theatre west end restaurant.
Review Le Café de Jardin11-14 Hannover Place WC2E 9JP 020 7379 3444 French Mon-Sat £20-£30
As the name suggests this is a good venue to use as a wine-bar. Cheese-board is recommended.
Review Le Café des Amis du Vin136 Long Acre WC2E 9AD 020 7379 5353 French Mon-Sat £20-£30
Reasonable, large French restaurant. Can cater for larger groups. Popular with office crowds.
Review Le Palais du Jardine15-16 Gerrard St W1V 020 7494 1200 Chinese 7 Days £10-£20
Very typical Gerrard St (Chinatown) chinese. Reasonably priced.
Review Lee Ho FookSheen Lane, Mortlake, London SW14 020 8876 7571 Thai 7 days £10-£20
Lemongrass SW14
Choosing a restaurant for potential future in-laws is no piece of cake. There is no going back so I took my life into my own hands by suggesting that we try the Lemongrass Thai Restaurant a stone’s thrown from Mortlake station.
Among a host of restaurants to choose from in East Sheen, the Lemongrass stands out from the competition down Sheen Lane with its snappy blue exterior and bright lights beckoning you in. At 8pm, the restaurant was still quiet and we were shown to our tables and then had the enjoyable dilemma of what to choose. The menu caters for vegetarians with a wide selection rather than the normal token offering while there is a helpful guide to the strength of all dishes depicted with symbols of a chilli.
The fun of ordering is pronouncing each course as much as looking forward to the food itself. I ordered Kao Pud three or four times just so I could practice my Thai. We opted for a selection of starters which amounted to pork, prawn and beef in batter with sauces that varied in peppery potency. My girlfriend sampled vegetables in batter which, judging by her enthusiastic nodding, met with great approval. As for the main course, I can personally vouch for the chicken with garlic or Gai Tod which was simply fantastic. I can also confirm that the Thai Green curry met the strict family criteria and I could have carried on eating the egg fried rice for several days.
The ambience in the restaurant was well judged as the background music didn’t drown out conversation and the Lemongrass got pleasantly busy by the time we had tucked into our starters. As for the service, it bordered on telepathic without being intrusive. As we turned to ask for a refill, our glasses were being filled with minimum of fuss. There was no Basil Fawlty fawning over us asking how we were every two minutes and I prefer it that way.
Desert at the Lemongrass was equally superb with the cinnamon pancakes, ice cream and variety of sorbets the perfect way to round off the meal. For London prices, the bill of £80 for four with a decent house red wine didn’t cause universal grimacing and we even got chocolates with the bill which usually swings my vote.
Owner Stan Stewart has a little gem in the Lemongrass and if you’re looking to impress your girlfriend’s parents with your choice of eateries then there is no finer establishment in London. Have a look for yourself, you won’t be disappointed.
Review Lemongrass58 stoke newington church st. n16 0nb 02072543454 thai 7 days £10-£20
mon-sat 11.00-3.00 p.m. and 6.00-11.00 p.m.
sunday open all day
Review lemongrass(hackney)Park Road
Crouch End
London
N8 020 83 48 89 44 French Mon-Sat £30-£50
Excellent local french restaurant. Food, especially the fish absolutely yummy! Thoroughly enjoyed our time and we were not rushed at all by the staff, who were very plesant.
Review Les Associes97 Church Street
Stoke Newington
London N16 0UD 02 7254 1025 Welsh/French Mon-Sat £10-£20
Possibly the finest Welsh restaurant in London. Almost certainly the only one. Attentive service and good quality ingredients in this small Stoke Newington restaurant. Reasonably interesting menu consists of Welsh dishes (think lamb and laver bread) with some gallic favourites for extra variety.
Live Jazz on a Saturday night (at least when we visited) was good but a little intrusive.
Review Les Gallois36 Gloucester Road
London SW7 4QT 020 7584 1118 French with Indochina touches 7 days £30-£50
L'Etranger is an excellent restaurant located on Gloucester Road and Queen's Terrace. Owned by Ibi Issolah and designed by Andy Martin it boasts a clever lighting scheme which makes sure it is as cosy during the day as in the evening. Alongside Ibi the groundbreaking Chef Jerome Tauvron who has also worked alongside Marco Pierre White at Quo Vadis, who dazzles diners with his extraordinary French and Indochinese menu. For those amongstus who appreciate wines Phillippe Messy who previously worked as Sommilier and wine purchaser for all of Oliver Peyton's restaurants is on hand to deliver his expertise on the amazing 400 plus wines on offer. L'Etranger is subtle, decadent and opulent, whilst simultaneously very relaxed and welcoming
Review L'EtrangerJason Court
76 Wigmore Street
London W1H 9DQ 020 7224 1111 Middle Eastern 7 days £20-£30
Levant, while offering superb Middle Eastern food in very tasteful surroundings for a reasonable price, seems to be suffering either because of the slightly difficult to find location, or because of the fickle nature of London restaurant goers. When we ate here last night, our party were the only customers in the whole place. This didn't distract from the excellent evening we had, as we used the small private room off the main dining area - it seats about eight and creates a very cosy and intimate 'Moroccan' atmosphere.
Service was, possibly because we had their complete attention, wonderful. I'm rather concerned that a restaurant as good as this can be so underwhelmed with customers. Definitely worth a try.
Review LevantLido 
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41 Gerrard St W1V 020 7437 4431 Chinese 7 Days £10-£20
One of many similar Chinese restaurants in Gerrard street. There's not that much to distinguish them all, but they all offer decent standard Chinese fare for reasonable value for money.
Review Lido27 Gerrard St W1V 020 7437 3186 Chinese 7 Days £10-£20
Another typical reasonably priced Gerrard St chinese.
Review London Chinatown164 Essex Road, Islington N1 020 7704 2775 Russian 7 days £20-£30
Traditional, continental and vegetarian Russian food. Live music (can be bit loud at times), licensed bar, large variety of flavoured vodkas. Basic facilities, cheerful and efficient service and extremely enthusiasic chef. Arrive hungry - you won't leave that way!
Review Luba's Place52 Poland Street
London W1F 7NH 020 7439 3660 A delicious selection of sharing plates 24 Hours £20-£30
Lucky Voice Private Karaoke will open mid June 2005. This is nothing like the karaoke night at your local pub. This is karaoke in your own private room, with a few of your best friends or favourite colleagues, over 4,000 classic songs at your fingertips, delicious food and drink, and excellent service at the touch of a button. Please register at the website to be one of th first to book a room at Lucky Voice Private Karaoke!
Review Lucky Voice Private Karaoke1282-1284 Hight Road, Whetstone N20 9HH 02084452817 Greek 7 days £10-£20
Mo-Fri: lunch and evening
Sat: evening
Sun: all day
Review The Lantern restaurant154 Blackfriars Road
London
SE1 8EN 0207 772 17055 Modern British 24 Hours £20-£30
Intimate restaurant located within easy walking distance of Waterloo station serving modern European food.
Review The Laughing Gravy71 Lavender Hill SW11 020 7978 5242 Modern British Mon-Sat £20-£30
Chain of restaurants (branches 71 Lavender Hill SW11 and 24 Clapham Road SW9) offering good quality modern cooking at reasonable prices. Informal ambience similat to the old Pierre Victoire chains, but the cooking is much better. Note: The branch at The Cut SE1 is now closed, and has re-opened as 'The Honest Goose'
Review The Lavender
La Bodeguita 